4 × 100 metres relay

The 4x100 metres relay isn't just about raw speed; it's a breathtaking ballet of precision, trust, and blistering acceleration. Four athletes, each a blur of motion, must perfectly synchronize a baton pass at full sprint, often without a glance backwards. It's a race where a fraction of a second—or a misplaced hand—can redefine history, making it one of track and field's most electrifying spectacles. The 4x100m relay demands precise, blind baton exchanges to maximize speed and prevent disqualification. Strategic baton passes can compensate for individual speed differences, often resulting in faster overall times than individual sprints. While the United States dominated historically, Jamaica's recent era, led by Usain Bolt, set new benchmarks in men's relay performance.

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The 4x100 metres relay isn't just about raw speed; it's a breathtaking ballet of precision, trust, and blistering acceleration. Four athletes, each a blur of motion, must perfectly synchronize a baton pass at full sprint, often without a glance backwards. It's a race where a fraction of a second—or a misplaced hand—can redefine history, making it one of track and field's most electrifying spectacles.

The Sprint Symphony

Imagine four of the fastest people on Earth, each tasked with sprinting 100 meters. But there's a catch: they must pass a baton to one another without breaking stride. This is the essence of the 4x100 metres relay, an exhilarating track event that combines individual speed with flawless teamwork.

The Critical Zone

The baton pass is the heart of the race, and it must occur within a specific changeover zone. Before 2018, this zone was a 20-meter stretch, preceded by a 10-meter acceleration zone. A rule change effective November 2017 combined these, creating a seamless 30-meter passing area to give runners more flexibility. Timing is everything; touching the baton outside this zone means instant disqualification.

The Art of the Blind Pass

In this high-speed dance, the outgoing runner typically doesn't look back. They extend an arm, relying on a verbal cue from the incoming runner to thrust the baton into their outstretched hand. It's a testament to trust and countless hours of practice, ensuring a smooth transfer at maximum velocity.

Runners are strategically positioned for optimal handovers. The first and third leg runners usually carry the baton in their right hand, running on the inside of their lane. The second and fourth leg runners then receive it in their left hand, ensuring a clean exchange without having to shift the baton mid-stride.

A perfectly executed handover can shave precious seconds off a team's total time, proving that technique can sometimes outweigh raw individual speed. Conversely, a dropped baton or a pass outside the designated zone can lead to disqualification, a heartbreaking sight even at the elite level.

A History of Dominance

For much of the 20th century, the United States men's and women's teams were the titans of the 4x100m relay. Their dominance was legendary, marked by numerous Olympic gold medals and world championships. Iconic athletes like Carl Lewis anchored U.S. teams that rewrote the record books, even becoming the first team to break the 38-second barrier.

Jamaican Lightning

More recently, the spotlight has shone brightly on Jamaica. Their men's team, featuring sprint sensation Usain Bolt, shattered expectations and records. At the 2012 London Olympics, they set an astonishing world record of 36.84 seconds, becoming the first and only team to run under 37 seconds—a feat that cemented their place in history.

Usain Bolt's anchor leg in that 2012 record-breaking race was electronically timed at an incredible 8.65 seconds. This lightning-fast final sprint showcased the explosive power and unwavering focus needed to close out a relay race at the highest level.

Not to be outdone, the U.S. women's team also set their current world record of 40.82 seconds at the 2012 London Olympics, an electrifying performance that captivated audiences worldwide. France's Christine Arron holds the unofficial record for the fastest women's anchor leg, clocking in at 9.67 seconds.

It's worth noting that for a relay record to be officially recognized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF), all team members must share the same nationality, ensuring fair and consistent competition standards.

Echoes of the Past: Relay Origins

While many sprint events trace their roots to British imperial measures, the 4x100 metres relay is distinctly European in its origins. Unlike the 4x400m, which grew from the 4x440 yards in America, this shorter sprint relay was embraced early on by countries using the metric system.

One of the earliest recorded relay races, though not officially a world record, took place in Prague in 1897. The AC Sparta Praha team triumphed over MAC Budapest, completing the 4x100m distance in 48 1/5 seconds, laying an early foundation for the event.

The 4x100m relay made its grand debut at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. This inaugural appearance was marked by both blistering speed and dramatic disqualifications due to faulty baton passes, highlighting from the very beginning just how crucial precise technique would be.

At those 1912 Games, several teams ran incredibly fast, with Great Britain and Sweden setting unofficial bests. However, it was the German team that clocked an official 42.3 seconds in a semifinal on July 8, 1912. This remarkable time was later recognized by the newly formed IAAF as the first official world record for the event.

Continental Champions

From Africa to Oceania, every continent boasts incredible relay teams that have pushed the boundaries of speed and coordination. These are the current continental records, showcasing the global prowess in this thrilling event.

Area	Men (s)	Athletes	Team	Women (s)	Athletes	Team
Africa (records)	37.57	Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine	South Africa	41.90	Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné	Ivory Coast
Asia (records)	37.43	Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	42.23	Li Xuemei, Liu Xiaomei, Li Yali, Xiao Lin	Sichuan (China)
Europe (records)	37.36	Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneal Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	41.37	Marlies Göhr, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Sabine Rieger, Silke Möller	East Germany
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	36.84 WR	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	Jamaica	40.82 WR	Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	United States
Oceania (records)	37.87	Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Calab Law	Australia	42.48	Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards, Torrie Lewis	Australia
South America (records)	37.72	Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André Camilo	Brazil	42.29	Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos	Brazil

All-Time Fastest Nations: Men

These nations have consistently produced relay teams that push the boundaries of human speed. While Jamaica holds the absolute world record, the United States, Great Britain, and Japan are among the elite, consistently vying for top honors.

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place
1	36.84	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	Jamaica	11 August 2012	London
2	37.04 X	Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey	United States	11 August 2012	London
3	37.10	Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles	United States	5 October 2019	Doha
3	37.36	Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	5 October 2019	Doha
4	37.43	Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	5 October 2019	Doha
5	37.48	Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse	Canada	23 July 2022	Eugene
6	37.50	Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu	Italy	6 August 2021	Tokyo
7	37.57	Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine	South Africa	9 August 2024	Saint-Denis
8	37.62	Darrel Brown, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callander, Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	22 August 2009	Berlin
9	37.72	Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André de Oliveira	Brazil	5 October 2019	Doha
10	37.79	Su Bingtian, Xu Zhouzheng, Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye	China	4 October 2019	Doha

It's a stark reminder that even at the pinnacle of sport, integrity is paramount. Several impressive relay times have been annulled due to doping violations, including those involving prominent athletes like Tyson Gay and Nesta Carter. These instances underscore the importance of fair play and clean competition.

All-Time Fastest Nations: Women

The women's 4x100m relay has also seen incredible feats of speed and teamwork. The United States and Jamaica stand out with multiple entries in the all-time top list, showcasing their enduring excellence in this demanding event.

Rank	Time	Team	Nationality	Date	Place
1	40.82	Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	United States	10 August 2012	London
2	41.01	Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner, Tori Bowie	United States	19 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
3	41.02	Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	6 August 2021	Tokyo
4	41.03	Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	26 August 2023	Budapest
5	41.07	Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	29 August 2015	Beijing
6	41.14	Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry	United States	23 July 2022	Eugene
7	41.18	Kemba Nelson, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	23 July 2022	Eugene
8	41.21	Natasha Morrison, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shashalee Forbes, Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	26 August 2023	Budapest
9	41.29	Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	18 August 2013	Moscow
10	41.36	Christania Williams, Elaine Thompson, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	19 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro

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4 × 100 metres relay

The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race. Each runner carries a relay baton. Before 2018, the baton had to be passed within a 20 m changeover box, preceded by a 10-metre acceleration zone. With a rule change effective November 1, 2017, that zone was modified to include the acceleration zone as part of the passing zone, making the entire zone 30 metres in length. The outgoing runner cannot touch the baton until it has entered the zone, and the incoming runner cannot touch it after it has left the zone. The zone is usually marked in yellow, frequently using lines, triangles or chevrons. While the rule book specifies the exact positioning of the marks, the colours and style are only "recommended". While most legacy tracks will still have the older markings, the rule change still uses existing marks. Not all governing body jurisdictions have adopted the rule change.

The transfer of the baton in this race is typically blind. The outgoing runner reaches a straight arm backwards when entering the changeover box or when the incoming runner makes a verbal signal. The outgoing runner does not look back, and it is the responsibility of the incoming runner to thrust the baton into the outstretched hand and not let go until the outgoing runner takes hold of it without crossing the changeover box and stops after the baton is exchanged. Runners on the first and third legs typically run on the inside of the lane with the baton in their right hand, while runners on the second and fourth legs take the baton in their left. Polished handovers can compensate for lack of basic speed to some extent, and disqualification for dropping the baton or failing to transfer it within the box is common, even at the highest level. Relay times are typically 2–3 seconds faster than the sum of best times of individual runners.

The United States men and women historically dominated this event through the 20th century, winning Olympic gold medals and the most IAAF/World Athletics championships. Carl Lewis ran the anchor leg on U.S. relay teams that set six world records from 1983 to 1992, including the first team to break 38 seconds.

The current men's world record stands at 36.84, set by the Jamaican team at the final of the 2012 London Olympic Games on 11 August 2012. As the only team to break 37 seconds to date, Jamaica has been the dominant team in the sport, winning two consecutive Olympic Gold Medals and four consecutive World Championships. The Jamaican team also set the previous record of 37.04 seconds at the 2011 World Championships.

The fastest electronically timed anchor leg run is 8.65 seconds by Usain Bolt at the 2015 IAAF World Relays, while Bob Hayes was hand-timed as running 8.7 seconds on a cinder track in the 1964 Tokyo Games Final. The Tokyo Games also had electronic timing. High-speed modern video analysis shows his time to be a more realistic 8.95-9.0 seconds in the final, a much more consistent time relative to his Fully Automatic Timing 10.06 s 100 m world record and more in line with the usual +0.25 s-0.3 s hand time to FAT conversion.

The women's world record stands at 40.82 seconds, set by the United States in 2012 at the London Olympics. The fastest anchor leg run by a woman was run by Christine Arron of France, timed unofficially at 9.67 s.

According to the IAAF rules, world records in relays can only be set if all team members have the same nationality.

History

From the beginnings to the first official world record

If on the European continent the metric system is the one almost exclusively used (4 × 100 metres, or a lap of 400 m), where the imperial system is still used (UK, USA and Australia, mainly) this relay was rather ran over the distance of 4 × 110 yards, a total of 402.34 m, and that, until the late 1960s. The runway at Hayward Field was shortened to 400 m only in 1987.

Paradoxically, the first race recognized as certain, without however being an official world record, dates back to 1897, shortly after the creation, on 8 May, of the Česká amatérská atletická unie (ČAAU). On June 26 of that year, during Sparta's 5th match in Prague, the organizing team, AC Sparta Praha, defeated MAC Budapest, in 48 1/5 seconds.

Unlike the "long" 4 × 400 m relay, whose origins are clearly American, because it derives from the 4 × 440 yards, the 4 × 100 m relay is therefore of European origin. The Scandinavians, in particular, have introduced this new specialty into their programmes, in the hope of being able to play a decisive role in it.

Before World War I, this foundation period of the relay was gradually enhanced by various German or Swedish teams (such as AIK Stockholm), until the semi-finals of the Stockholm Olympic Games (1912) where this event made its Olympic appearance:

• in the 1st semi-final, the Great Britain team (consisting of David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, and William Applegarth) reached 43 seconds 0 tenths (43 s) for the first time, behind the Americans who had finished in 42 seconds 5 , but who were disqualified for passing the baton out of the area; • in the second semifinal, the Swedish team (Ivan Möller, Charles Luther, Ture Person and Knut Lindberg) took this record to 42 s 5, ahead of Hungary in 42 s 9.

These two runs have not been recognized by the IAAF as the first world records, despite their official nature. The first officially recognized world record for the fast relay is that of the German team, which on 8 July 1912, during the 3rd semifinal, runs in 42 seconds 3 tenths. The team consisted of Otto Röhr, Max Herrmann, Erwin Kern, and Richard Rau. In the final Great Britain, despite having finished second again, behind the favorites and the new world record holders, still won the gold medal, due to the loss of the German baton. Sweden is second in 42 s 6. The bronze medal is not awarded, because the Americans, still clumsy in passing the baton, were also downgraded. The German record in the semifinal (42"3) will remain the best result of the year. In 1913 it will be recognized by the newly formed IAAF as the first official world record of the specialty.

After this first Olympic event, in addition to the 4 × 400 m relay, the 4 × 100 m relay established itself as a classic Olympic event and will always remain on the programme, first for men, then extended to women. The two relays undergo little transformation over time. However, since 1926, the baton bearer has to remain in the baton transmission area, which is 20 m long. It wasn't until 1963 that the rules were relaxed: a 10 m run-up zone, before this zone, allowed him to better tackle the run-up.

Continental records

4 × 100 metres relay

<table><thead><tr><th>Area</th><th>Men</th><th>Women</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Time (s)</td><td>Athletes</td><td>Team</td><td>Time (s)</td><td>Athletes</td><td>Team</td></tr><tr><td>Africa (records)</td><td>37.57</td><td>Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine</td><td> South Africa</td><td>41.90</td><td>Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné</td><td> Ivory Coast</td></tr><tr><td>Asia (records)</td><td>37.43</td><td>Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown</td><td> Japan</td><td>42.23</td><td>Li Xuemei, Liu Xiaomei, Li Yali, Xiao Lin</td><td>Sichuan ( China)</td></tr><tr><td>Europe (records)</td><td>37.36</td><td>Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>41.37</td><td>Marlies Göhr, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Sabine Rieger, Silke Möller</td><td> East Germany</td></tr><tr><td>North, Central America and Caribbean (records)</td><td>36.84 WR</td><td>Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>40.82 WR</td><td>Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter</td><td> United States</td></tr><tr><td>Oceania (records)</td><td>37.87</td><td>Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Calab Law</td><td> Australia</td><td>42.48</td><td>Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards, Torrie Lewis</td><td> Australia</td></tr><tr><td>South America (records)</td><td>37.72</td><td>Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André Camilo</td><td> Brazil</td><td>42.29</td><td>Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos</td><td> Brazil</td></tr></tbody></table>

All-time top 10 by country

4 × 100 metres relay

Key to tables:   Not ratified or later rescinded X = annulled due to doping violation

Men

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Time</th><th>Team</th><th>Nation</th><th>Date</th><th>Place</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>36.84</td><td>Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>11 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>37.04 X</td><td>Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey</td><td> United States</td><td>11 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37.10</td><td>Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles</td><td> United States</td><td>5 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>37.36</td><td>Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>5 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>37.43</td><td>Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown</td><td> Japan</td><td>5 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>37.48</td><td>Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse</td><td> Canada</td><td>23 July 2022</td><td>Eugene</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>37.50</td><td>Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu</td><td> Italy</td><td>6 August 2021</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>37.57</td><td>Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine</td><td> South Africa</td><td>9 August 2024</td><td>Saint-Denis</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>37.62</td><td>Darrel Brown, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callander, Richard Thompson</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago</td><td>22 August 2009</td><td>Berlin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>37.72</td><td>Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André de Oliveira</td><td> Brazil</td><td>5 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>37.79</td><td>Su Bingtian, Xu Zhouzheng, Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye</td><td> China</td><td>4 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Wu Zhiqiang</td><td> China</td><td>6 August 2021</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose</td><td> France</td><td>1 September 1990</td><td>Split</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ibrahim Fuseini, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Amoah, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu</td><td> Ghana</td><td>20 September 2025</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Women

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Time</th><th>Team</th><th>Nation</th><th>Date</th><th>Place</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>40.82</td><td>Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter</td><td> United States</td><td>10 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>41.02</td><td>Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>6 August 2021</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>41.37</td><td>Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger-Günther, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr</td><td> German Democratic Republic</td><td>6 October 1985</td><td>Canberra</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>41.49</td><td>Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova</td><td> Russia</td><td>22 August 1993</td><td>Stuttgart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>41.55</td><td>Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>5 August 2021</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt, Daryll Neita</td><td>20 July 2024</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>41.62</td><td>Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase</td><td> Germany</td><td>29 July 2016</td><td>Mannheim</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>41.78</td><td>Patricia Girard, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron</td><td> France</td><td>30 August 2003</td><td>Paris</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>41.90</td><td>Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné</td><td> Ivory Coast</td><td>25 August 2023</td><td>Budapest</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>41.92</td><td>Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson</td><td> Bahamas</td><td>29 August 1999</td><td>Sevilla</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>42.00</td><td>Antonina Pobyubko, Natalya Voronova, Marina Zhirova, Elvira Barbashina</td><td> Soviet Union</td><td>17 August 1985</td><td>Moscow</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

All-time top 25

Men

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Time</th><th>Team</th><th>Nation</th><th>Date</th><th>Place</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>36.84</td><td>Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>11 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>37.04</td><td>Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>4 September 2011</td><td>Daegu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37.04 X</td><td>Trell Kimmons Justin Gatlin Tyson Gay Ryan Bailey</td><td> United States</td><td>11 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>37.10 X</td><td>Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>22 August 2008</td><td>Beijing</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37.10</td><td>Christian Coleman Justin Gatlin Michael Rodgers Noah Lyles</td><td> United States</td><td>5 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>37.27</td><td>Asafa Powell Yohan Blake Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>19 August 2016</td><td>Rio de Janeiro</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>37.29</td><td>Christian Coleman Kenneth Bednarek Courtney Lindsey Noah Lyles</td><td> United States</td><td>21 September 2025</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>37.31</td><td>Steve Mullings Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>22 August 2009</td><td>Berlin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>37.36</td><td>Nesta Carter Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>18 August 2013</td><td>Moscow</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37.36</td><td>Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>29 August 2015</td><td>Beijing</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37.36</td><td>Adam Gemili Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>5 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>37.38 X</td><td>Jeff Demps Darvis Patton Trell Kimmons Justin Gatlin</td><td> United States</td><td>10 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37.38</td><td>Mike Rodgers Justin Gatlin Tyson Gay Ryan Bailey</td><td> United States</td><td>2 May 2015</td><td>Nassau</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Christian Coleman Fred Kerley Brandon Carnes Noah Lyles</td><td> United States</td><td>26 August 2023</td><td>Budapest</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>37.39</td><td>Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Kemar Bailey-Cole</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>10 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>37.40</td><td>Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis</td><td> United States</td><td>8 August 1992</td><td>Barcelona</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell</td><td> United States</td><td>21 August 1993</td><td>Stuttgart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Courtney Lindsey Kenneth Bednarek Kyree King Noah Lyles</td><td> United States</td><td>5 May 2024</td><td>Nassau</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>37.41</td><td>Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Rasheed Dwyer Nickel Ashmeade</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>29 August 2015</td><td>Beijing</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>37.43</td><td>Shuhei Tada Kirara Shiraishi Yoshihide Kiryu Abdul Hakim Sani Brown</td><td> Japan</td><td>5 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>37.45</td><td>Trell Kimmons Wallace Spearmon Tyson Gay Mike Rodgers</td><td> United States</td><td>19 August 2010</td><td>Zürich</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>37.46</td><td>Daniel Bailey Yohan Blake Mario Forsythe Usain Bolt</td><td> Antigua and Barbuda  Jamaica  Jamaica  Jamaica</td><td>25 July 2009</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>37.47</td><td>Chijindu Ujah Adam Gemili Danny Talbot Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>12 August 2017</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>37.48</td><td>Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell</td><td> United States</td><td>22 August 1993</td><td>Stuttgart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse</td><td> Canada</td><td>23 July 2022</td><td>Eugene</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>37.49</td><td>Courtney Lindsey Kenneth Bednarek Kyree King Noah Lyles</td><td> United States</td><td>4 May 2024</td><td>Nassau</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>37.50</td><td>Andre Cason Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis</td><td> United States</td><td>1 September 1991</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lorenzo Patta Marcell Jacobs Eseosa Desalu Filippo Tortu</td><td> Italy</td><td>6 August 2021</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse</td><td> Canada</td><td>9 August 2024</td><td>Paris</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

• A USA team ran 37.04 in London in 2012 but the performance was annulled due to use of performance-enhancing drugs by Tyson Gay • A Jamaican team ran 37.10 in Beijing in 2008 but the performance was annulled due to use of performance-enhancing drugs by Nesta Carter • A USA team ran 37.38 in the heats in London in 2012 but the performance was retrospectively disqualified following drug test failure by Tyson Gay, even though Gay only ran in the final and not the heat.

Women

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Time</th><th>Team</th><th>Nationality</th><th>Date</th><th>Place</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>40.82</td><td>Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter</td><td> United States</td><td>10 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>41.01</td><td>Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix English Gardner Tori Bowie</td><td> United States</td><td>19 August 2016</td><td>Rio de Janeiro</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>41.02</td><td>Briana Williams Elaine Thompson-Herah Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>6 August 2021</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>41.03</td><td>Tamari Davis Twanisha Terry Gabrielle Thomas Sha'Carri Richardson</td><td> United States</td><td>26 August 2023</td><td>Budapest</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>41.07</td><td>Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>29 August 2015</td><td>Beijing</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>41.14</td><td>Melissa Jefferson Abby Steiner Jenna Prandini Twanisha Terry</td><td> United States</td><td>23 July 2022</td><td>Eugene</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>41.18</td><td>Kemba Nelson Elaine Thompson-Herah Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>23 July 2022</td><td>Eugene</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>41.21</td><td>Natasha Morrison Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shashalee Forbes Shericka Jackson</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>26 August 2023</td><td>Budapest</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>41.29</td><td>Carrie Russell Kerron Stewart Schillonie Calvert Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>18 August 2013</td><td>Moscow</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>41.36</td><td>Christania Williams Elaine Thompson Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>19 August 2016</td><td>Rio de Janeiro</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>41.37</td><td>Silke Gladisch-Möller Sabine Rieger-Günther Ingrid Auerswald-Lange Marlies Göhr</td><td> German Democratic Republic</td><td>6 October 1985</td><td>Canberra</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>41.41</td><td>Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Kerron Stewart</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>10 August 2012</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>41.44</td><td>Natalliah Whyte Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jonielle Smith Shericka Jackson</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>5 October 2019</td><td>Doha</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>41.45</td><td>Javianne Oliver Teahna Daniels Jenna Prandini Gabrielle Thomas</td><td> United States</td><td>6 August 2021</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>41.47</td><td>Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers</td><td> United States</td><td>9 August 1997</td><td>Athens</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>41.49</td><td>Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova Irina Privalova</td><td> Russia</td><td>22 August 1993</td><td>Stuttgart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Michelle Finn-Burrell Gwen Torrence Wendy Vereen Gail Devers</td><td> United States</td><td>22 August 1993</td><td>Stuttgart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>41.52</td><td>Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers</td><td> United States</td><td>8 August 1997</td><td>Athens</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>41.53</td><td>Silke Gladisch-Möller Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald-Lange Marlies Göhr</td><td> German Democratic Republic</td><td>31 July 1983</td><td>Berlin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>41.55</td><td>Alice Brown Diane Williams Florence Griffith-Joyner Pam Marshall</td><td> United States</td><td>21 August 1987</td><td>Berlin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Asha Philip Imani Lansiquot Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>5 August 2021</td><td>Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Texas Longhorns Julien Alfred Ezinne Abba Rhasidat Adeleke Kevona Davis</td><td> St. Lucia  United States  Ireland  Jamaica</td><td>8 June 2023</td><td>Austin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dina Asher-Smith Imani Lansiquot Amy Hunt Daryll Neita</td><td> Great Britain</td><td>20 July 2024</td><td>London</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>41.56</td><td>Bianca Knight Allyson Felix Marshevet Myers Carmelita Jeter</td><td> United States</td><td>4 September 2011</td><td>Daegu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Melissa Jefferson Aleia Hobbs Jenna Prandini Twanisha Terry</td><td> United States</td><td>22 July 2022</td><td>Eugene</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Olympic Games medalists

Men

<table><thead><tr><th>Games</th><th>Gold</th><th>Silver</th><th>Bronze</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1912 Stockholm</td><td> Great Britain David Jacobs Henry Macintosh Victor d'Arcy Willie Applegarth</td><td> Sweden Ivan Möller Charles Luther Ture Persson Knut Lindberg</td><td>none awarded</td></tr><tr><td>1920 Antwerp</td><td> United States Charley Paddock Jackson Scholz Loren Murchison Morris Kirksey</td><td> France René Lorain René Tirard René Mourlon Émile Ali-Khan</td><td> Sweden Agne Holmström William Petersson Sven Malm Nils Sandström</td></tr><tr><td>1924 Paris</td><td> United States Loren Murchison Louis Clarke Frank Hussey Al LeConey</td><td> Great Britain Harold Abrahams Walter Rangeley Wilfred Nichol Lancelot Royle</td><td> Netherlands Jan de Vries Jaap Boot Harry Broos Rinus van den Berge</td></tr><tr><td>1928 Amsterdam</td><td> United States Frank Wykoff James Quinn Charley Borah Henry Russell</td><td> Germany Georg Lammers Richard Corts Hubert Houben Helmut Körnig</td><td> Great Britain Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London</td></tr><tr><td>1932 Los Angeles</td><td> United States Bob Kiesel Emmett Toppino Hector Dyer Frank Wykoff</td><td> Germany Helmut Körnig Friedrich Hendrix Erich Borchmeyer Arthur Jonath</td><td> Italy Giuseppe Castelli Ruggero Maregatti Gabriele Salviati Edgardo Toetti</td></tr><tr><td>1936 Berlin</td><td> United States Jesse Owens Ralph Metcalfe Foy Draper Frank Wykoff</td><td> Italy Orazio Mariani Gianni Caldana Elio Ragni Tullio Gonnelli</td><td> Germany Wilhelm Leichum Erich Borchmeyer Erwin Gillmeister Gerd Hornberger</td></tr><tr><td>1948 London</td><td> United States Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Mel Patton</td><td> Great Britain Jack Archer Jack Gregory Alastair McCorquodale Kenneth Jones</td><td> Italy Michele Tito Enrico Perucconi Antonio Siddi Carlo Monti</td></tr><tr><td>1952 Helsinki</td><td> United States Dean Smith Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Andy Stanfield</td><td> Soviet Union Boris Tokarev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev</td><td> Hungary László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi</td></tr><tr><td>1956 Melbourne</td><td> United States Ira Murchison Leamon King Thane Baker Bobby Morrow</td><td> Soviet Union Leonid Bartenyev Boris Tokarev Yuriy Konovalov Vladimir Sukharev</td><td> United Team of Germany Lothar Knörzer Leonhard Pohl Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar</td></tr><tr><td>1960 Rome</td><td> United Team of Germany Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer</td><td> Soviet Union Gusman Kosanov Leonid Bartenyev Yuriy Konovalov Edvin Ozolin</td><td> Great Britain Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Nick Whitehead</td></tr><tr><td>1964 Tokyo</td><td> United States Paul Drayton Gerry Ashworth Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes</td><td> Poland Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak</td><td> France Paul Genevay Bernard Laidebeur Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour</td></tr><tr><td>1968 Mexico City</td><td> United States Charles Greene Mel Pender Ronnie Ray Smith Jim Hines</td><td> Cuba Hermes Ramírez Juan Morales Pablo Montes Enrique Figuerola</td><td> France Gérard Fenouil Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck</td></tr><tr><td>1972 Munich</td><td> United States Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart</td><td> Soviet Union Aleksandr Kornelyuk Vladimir Lovetskiy Juris Silovs Valeriy Borzov</td><td> West Germany Jobst Hirscht Karlheinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Klaus Ehl</td></tr><tr><td>1976 Montreal</td><td> United States Harvey Glance Lam Jones Millard Hampton Steve Riddick</td><td> East Germany Manfred Kokot Jörg Pfeifer Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Alexander Thieme</td><td> Soviet Union Aleksandr Aksinin Nikolay Kolesnikov Juris Silovs Valeriy Borzov</td></tr><tr><td>1980 Moscow</td><td> Soviet Union Vladimir Muravyov Nikolay Sidorov Aleksandr Aksinin Andrey Prokofyev</td><td> Poland Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin</td><td> France Antoine Richard Pascal Barré Patrick Barré Hermann Panzo</td></tr><tr><td>1984 Los Angeles</td><td> United States Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis</td><td> Jamaica Albert Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart</td><td> Canada Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Sterling Hinds</td></tr><tr><td>1988 Seoul</td><td> Soviet Union Viktor Bryzhin Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Vitaliy Savin</td><td> Great Britain Elliot Bunney John Regis Mike McFarlane Linford Christie</td><td> France Bruno Marie-Rose Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quénéhervé Max Morinière</td></tr><tr><td>1992 Barcelona</td><td> United States Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis James Jett</td><td> Nigeria Oluyemi Kayode Chidi Imoh Olapade Adeniken Davidson Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa</td><td> Cuba Andrés Simón Joel Lamela Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera</td></tr><tr><td>1996 Atlanta</td><td> Canada Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Carlton Chambers</td><td> United States Jon Drummond Tim Harden Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell Tim Montgomery</td><td> Brazil Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André Domingos</td></tr><tr><td>2000 Sydney</td><td> United States Jon Drummond Bernard Williams Brian Lewis Maurice Greene Tim Montgomery Kenny Brokenburr</td><td> Brazil Vicente de Lima Édson Ribeiro André Domingos Claudinei da Silva Cláudio Roberto Souza</td><td> Cuba José Ángel César Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Ivan García Freddy Mayola</td></tr><tr><td>2004 Athens</td><td> Great Britain Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis</td><td> United States Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Coby Miller Maurice Greene Darvis Patton</td><td> Nigeria Olusoji Fasuba Uchenna Emedolu Aaron Egbele Deji Aliu</td></tr><tr><td>2008 Beijing</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson Aaron Armstrong</td><td> Japan Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara</td><td> Brazil Vicente de Lima Sandro Viana Bruno de Barros José Carlos Moreira</td></tr><tr><td>2012 London</td><td> Jamaica Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Kemar Bailey-Cole</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago Richard Thompson Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Keston Bledman</td><td> France Jimmy Vicaut Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ronald Pognon</td></tr><tr><td>2016 Rio de Janeiro</td><td> Jamaica Asafa Powell Yohan Blake Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Jevaughn Minzie Kemar Bailey-Cole</td><td> Japan Ryota Yamagata Shōta Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryū Asuka Cambridge</td><td> Canada Akeem Haynes Aaron Brown Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse Bolade Ajomale</td></tr><tr><td>2020 Tokyo</td><td> Italy Lorenzo Patta Marcell Jacobs Fausto Desalu Filippo Tortu</td><td> Canada Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse</td><td> China Tang Xingqiang Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Wu Zhiqiang</td></tr><tr><td>2024 Paris</td><td> Canada Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse</td><td> South Africa Bayanda Walaza Shaun Maswanganyi Bradley Nkoana Akani Simbine</td><td> Great Britain Jeremiah Azu Louie Hinchliffe Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty</td></tr></tbody></table>

Note: Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.

Women

<table><thead><tr><th>Games</th><th>Gold</th><th>Silver</th><th>Bronze</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1928 Amsterdam</td><td> Canada Fanny Rosenfeld Ethel Smith Jane Bell Myrtle Cook</td><td> United States Mary Washburn Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson</td><td> Germany Rosa Kellner Leni Schmidt Anni Holdmann Leni Junker</td></tr><tr><td>1932 Los Angeles</td><td> United States Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina von Bremen</td><td> Canada Mildred Fizzell Lillian Palmer Mary Frizzell Hilda Strike</td><td> Great Britain Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb Nellie Halstead</td></tr><tr><td>1936 Berlin</td><td> United States Harriet Bland Annette Rogers Betty Robinson Helen Stephens</td><td> Great Britain Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke</td><td> Canada Dorothy Brookshaw Jeanette Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher</td></tr><tr><td>1948 London</td><td> Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong Netti Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen</td><td> Australia Shirley Strickland June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King</td><td> Canada Viola Myers Nancy Mackay Diane Foster Patricia Jones</td></tr><tr><td>1952 Helsinki</td><td> United States Mae Faggs Barbara Jones Janet Moreau Catherine Hardy</td><td> Germany Ursula Knab Maria Sander Helga Klein Marga Petersen</td><td> Great Britain Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Pickering Heather Armitage</td></tr><tr><td>1956 Melbourne</td><td> Australia Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Norma Croker Fleur Mellor Betty Cuthbert</td><td> Great Britain Anne Pashley Jean Scrivens June Foulds Heather Armitage</td><td> United States Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph Isabelle Daniels</td></tr><tr><td>1960 Rome</td><td> United States Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph</td><td> United Team of Germany Martha Langbein Anni Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine</td><td> Poland Teresa Wieczorek Barbara Sobotta Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter</td></tr><tr><td>1964 Tokyo</td><td> Poland Teresa Ciepły Irena Kirszenstein Halina Górecka Ewa Kłobukowska</td><td> United States Willye White Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire</td><td> Great Britain Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman</td></tr><tr><td>1968 Mexico City</td><td> United States Barbara Ferrell Margaret Bailes Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus</td><td> Cuba Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián</td><td> Soviet Union Lyudmila Zharkova Galina Bukharina Vera Popkova Lyudmila Samotyosova</td></tr><tr><td>1972 Munich</td><td> West Germany Christiane Krause Ingrid Mickler-Becker Annegret Richter Heide Rosendahl</td><td> East Germany Evelin Kaufer Christina Heinich Bärbel Struppert Renate Stecher</td><td> Cuba Marlene Elejarde Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chivás</td></tr><tr><td>1976 Montreal</td><td> East Germany Marlies Oelsner Renate Stecher Carla Bodendorf Bärbel Eckert</td><td> West Germany Elvira Possekel Inge Helten Annegret Richter Annegret Kroniger</td><td> Soviet Union Tatyana Prorochenko Lyudmila Maslakova Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Vera Anisimova</td></tr><tr><td>1980 Moscow</td><td> East Germany Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr</td><td> Soviet Union Vera Komisova Lyudmila Maslakova Vera Anisimova Natalya Bochina</td><td> Great Britain Heather Oakes Kathy Smallwood-Cook Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman</td></tr><tr><td>1984 Los Angeles</td><td> United States Alice Brown Jeanette Bolden Chandra Cheeseborough Evelyn Ashford</td><td> Canada Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor-Issajenko France Gareau</td><td> Great Britain Simmone Jacobs Kathy Smallwood-Cook Beverley Callander Heather Oakes</td></tr><tr><td>1988 Seoul</td><td> United States Alice Brown Sheila Echols Florence Griffith Joyner Evelyn Ashford Dannette Young</td><td> East Germany Silke Möller Kerstin Behrendt Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr</td><td> Soviet Union Lyudmila Kondratyeva Galina Malchugina Marina Zhirova Natalya Pomoschnikova Maia Azarashvili</td></tr><tr><td>1992 Barcelona</td><td> United States Evelyn Ashford Esther Jones Carlette Guidry Gwen Torrence Michelle Finn</td><td> Unified Team Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Irina Privalova</td><td> Nigeria Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali-Omagbemi</td></tr><tr><td>1996 Atlanta</td><td> United States Gail Devers Inger Miller Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence Carlette Guidry</td><td> Bahamas Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson</td><td> Jamaica Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell Andria Lloyd</td></tr><tr><td>2000 Sydney</td><td> Bahamas Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis</td><td> Jamaica Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Merlene Frazer</td><td> United States Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry Marion Jones[nb] Passion Richardson</td></tr><tr><td>2004 Athens</td><td> Jamaica Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald</td><td> Russia Olga Stulneva Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova</td><td> France Véronique Mang Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Sylviane Félix Christine Arron</td></tr><tr><td>2008 Beijing</td><td> Belgium Kim Gevaert Élodie Ouédraogo Hanna Mariën Olivia Borlée</td><td> Nigeria Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa Gloria Kemasuode Ene Franca Idoko</td><td> Brazil Rosemar Coelho Neto Lucimar de Moura Thaissa Presti Rosângela Santos</td></tr><tr><td>2012 London</td><td> United States Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter Jeneba Tarmoh Lauryn Williams</td><td> Jamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Kerron Stewart Samantha Henry-Robinson Schillonie Calvert</td><td> Ukraine Olesya Povh Khrystyna Stuy Mariya Ryemyen Yelyzaveta Bryzhina</td></tr><tr><td>2016 Rio de Janeiro</td><td> United States Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix English Gardner Tori Bowie Morolake Akinosun</td><td> Jamaica Christania Williams Elaine Thompson Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Simone Facey Shashalee Forbes</td><td> Great Britain Asha Philip Desirèe Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita</td></tr><tr><td>2020 Tokyo</td><td> Jamaica Briana Williams Elaine Thompson-Herah Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson Natasha Morrison Remona Burchell</td><td> United States Javianne Oliver Teahna Daniels Jenna Prandini Gabby Thomas English Gardner Aleia Hobbs</td><td> Great Britain Asha Philip Imani Lansiquot Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita</td></tr><tr><td>2024 Paris</td><td> United States Melissa Jefferson Twanisha Terry Gabby Thomas Sha'Carri Richardson</td><td> Great Britain Dina Asher-Smith Imani Lansiquot Amy Hunt Daryll Neita Bianca Williams Desirèe Henry</td><td> Germany Alexandra Burghardt Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase Sophia Junk</td></tr></tbody></table>

Note: Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.

• nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals. • In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were initially awarded the gold medals. However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 following disqualification of Chermoshanskaya for use of performance-enhancing drugs.

World Championships medalists

Men

<table><thead><tr><th>Championships</th><th>Gold</th><th>Silver</th><th>Bronze</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1983 Helsinki ()</td><td> United States (USA) Emmit King Willie Gault Calvin Smith Carl Lewis</td><td> Italy (ITA) Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pietro Mennea</td><td> Soviet Union (URS) Andrey Prokofyev Nikolay Sidorov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryzhin</td></tr><tr><td>1987 Rome ()</td><td> United States (USA) Lee McRae Lee Vernon McNeill Harvey Glance Carl Lewis</td><td> Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Yevgenyev Viktor Bryzhin Vladimir Muravyov Vladimir Krylov</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) John Mair Andrew Smith Clive Wright Ray Stewart</td></tr><tr><td>1991 Tokyo ()</td><td> United States (USA) Andre Cason Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis</td><td> France (FRA) Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Tony Jarrett John Regis Darren Braithwaite Linford Christie</td></tr><tr><td>1993 Stuttgart ()</td><td> United States (USA) Jon Drummond Andre Cason Dennis Mitchell Leroy Burrell Calvin Smith</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Colin Jackson Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie Jason John Darren Braithwaite</td><td> Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Atlee Mahorn</td></tr><tr><td>1995 Gothenburg ()</td><td> Canada (CAN) Donovan Bailey Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin</td><td> Australia (AUS) Paul Henderson Tim Jackson Steve Brimacombe Damien Marsh</td><td> Italy (ITA) Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris</td></tr><tr><td>1997 Athens ()</td><td> Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Carlton Chambers</td><td> Nigeria (NGR) Osmond Ezinwa Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Darren Braithwaite Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding Dwain Chambers</td></tr><tr><td>1999 Seville () [4x100m dq1]</td><td> United States (USA) Jon Drummond Tim Montgomery Brian Lewis Maurice Greene</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Dwain Chambers Allyn Condon</td><td> Brazil (BRA) Raphael de Oliveira Claudinei da Silva Édson Ribeiro André Domingos</td></tr><tr><td>2001 Edmonton () [4x100m dq2]</td><td> South Africa (RSA) Morné Nagel Corné du Plessis Lee-Roy Newton Matthew Quinn</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Marc Burns Ato Boldon Jacey Harper Darrel Brown</td><td> Australia (AUS) Matt Shirvington Paul Di Bella Steve Brimacombe Adam Basil</td></tr><tr><td>2003 Saint-Denis () [4x100m dq3]</td><td> United States (USA) John Capel Jr. Bernard Williams Darvis Patton Joshua J. Johnson</td><td> Brazil (BRA) Vicente de Lima Édson Ribeiro André Domingos Cláudio Roberto Souza</td><td> Netherlands (NED) Timothy Beck Troy Douglas Patrick van Balkom Caimin Douglas Guus Hoogmoed</td></tr><tr><td>2005 Helsinki ()</td><td> France (FRA) Ladji Doucouré Ronald Pognon Eddy De Lépine Lueyi Dovy Oudéré Kankarafou</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Kevon Pierre Marc Burns Jacey Harper Darrel Brown</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Jason Gardener Marlon Devonish Christian Malcolm Mark Lewis-Francis</td></tr><tr><td>2007 Osaka ()</td><td> United States (USA) Darvis Patton Wallace Spearmon Tyson Gay Leroy Dixon Rodney Martin</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Marvin Anderson Usain Bolt Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas Steve Mullings</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Christian Malcolm Craig Pickering Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis</td></tr><tr><td>2009 Berlin ()</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Steve Mullings Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas Lerone Clarke</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Darrel Brown Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson Keston Bledman</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Simeon Williamson Tyrone Edgar Marlon Devonish Harry Aikines-Aryeetey</td></tr><tr><td>2011 Daegu ()</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee</td><td> France (FRA) Teddy Tinmar Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Lesourd Jimmy Vicaut</td><td> Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) Jason Rogers Kim Collins Antoine Adams Brijesh Lawrence</td></tr><tr><td>2013 Moscow ()</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Warren Weir Oshane Bailey</td><td> United States (USA) Charles Silmon Mike Rodgers Mookie Salaam Justin Gatlin</td><td> Canada (CAN) Gavin Smellie Aaron Brown Dontae Richards-Kwok Justyn Warner</td></tr><tr><td>2015 Beijing ()</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Rasheed Dwyer</td><td> China (CHN) Mo Youxue Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Zhang Peimeng</td><td> Canada (CAN) Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse Brendon Rodney Justyn Warner</td></tr><tr><td>2017 London ()</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Chijindu Ujah Adam Gemili Danny Talbot Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake</td><td> United States (USA) Mike Rodgers Justin Gatlin Jaylen Bacon Christian Coleman BeeJay Lee</td><td> Japan (JPN) Shuhei Tada Shōta Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryū Kenji Fujimitsu Asuka Cambridge</td></tr><tr><td>2019 Doha ()</td><td> United States (USA) Christian Coleman Justin Gatlin Mike Rodgers Noah Lyles Cravon Gillespie</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Adam Gemili Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake</td><td> Japan (JPN) Shuhei Tada Kirara Shiraishi Yoshihide Kiryū Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Yuki Koike</td></tr><tr><td>2022 Eugene ()</td><td> Canada (CAN) Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse</td><td> United States (USA) Christian Coleman Noah Lyles Elijah Hall Marvin Bracy</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Jona Efoloko Zharnel Hughes Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Reece Prescod Adam Gemili</td></tr><tr><td>2023 Budapest ()</td><td> United States (USA) Christian Coleman Fred Kerley Brandon Carnes Noah Lyles JT Smith </td><td> Italy (ITA) Roberto Rigali Lamont Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta Filippo Tortu</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Ackeem Blake Oblique Seville Ryiem Forde Rohan Watson</td></tr><tr><td>2025 Tokyo ()</td><td> United States (USA) Christian Coleman Kenny Bednarek Courtney Lindsey Noah Lyles Ronnie Baker Trayvon Bromell T'Mars McCallum</td><td> Canada (CAN) Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse</td><td> Netherlands (NED) Nsikak Ekpo Taymir Burnet Xavi Mo-Ajok Elvis Afrifa</td></tr></tbody></table>

Note Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.

• 4x100m dq1 The Nigerian team of Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong and Deji Aliu originally finished third in the 1999 World Championship, but were disqualified after Asonze was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs. • 4x100m dq2 The United States team of Mickey Grimes, Bernard Williams, Dennis Mitchell and Tim Montgomery originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 37.96 seconds, but were disqualified after Montgomery admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal in 2005. • 4x100m dq3 The British team of Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Dwain Chambers originally finished second in the 2003 World Championship, but were disqualified after Chambers was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.

Medals by country

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Nation</th><th>Gold</th><th>Silver</th><th>Bronze</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td> United States (USA)</td><td>10</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> Jamaica (JAM)</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> Canada (CAN)</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> Great Britain (GBR)</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> France (FRA)</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> South Africa (RSA)</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> Italy (ITA)</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> Australia (AUS)</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> Brazil (BRA)</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> Soviet Union (URS)</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> Nigeria (NGR)</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td> China (CHN)</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> Japan (JPN)</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td> Netherlands (NED)</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Women

<table><thead><tr><th>Championships</th><th>Gold</th><th>Silver</th><th>Bronze</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1983 Helsinki</td><td> East Germany (GDR) Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Oelsner-Göhr</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Joan Baptiste Kathy Cook Beverley Callender Shirley Thomas</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Leleith Hodges Jacqueline Pusey Juliet Cuthbert Merlene Ottey</td></tr><tr><td>1987 Rome</td><td> United States (USA) Alice Brown Diane Williams Florence Griffith-Joyner Pam Marshall</td><td> East Germany (GDR) Silke Möller Cornelia Oschkenat Kerstin Behrendt Marlies Göhr</td><td> Soviet Union (URS) Irina Slyusar Natalya Pomoshchnikova Natalya German Olga Antonova</td></tr><tr><td>1991 Tokyo</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Merlene Frazer</td><td> Soviet Union (URS) Natalya Kovtun Galina Malchugina Yelena Vinogradova Irina Privalova</td><td> Germany (GER) Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Sabine Richter Heike Drechsler</td></tr><tr><td>1993 Stuttgart</td><td> Russia (RUS) Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova Irina Privalova Marina Trandenkova</td><td> United States (USA) Michelle Finn Gwen Torrence Wendy Vereen Gail Devers Sheila Echols</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Michelle Freeman Juliet Campbell Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Dahlia Duhaney</td></tr><tr><td>1995 Gothenburg</td><td> United States (USA) Celena Mondie-Milner Carlette Guidry Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence D'Andre Hill</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Dahlia Duhaney Juliet Cuthbert Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Michelle Freeman</td><td> Germany (GER) Melanie Paschke Silke Lichtenhagen Silke-Beate Knoll Gabriele Becker</td></tr><tr><td>1997 Athens</td><td> United States (USA) Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer Juliet Cuthbert Beverly Grant</td><td> France (FRA) Patricia Girard-Léno Christine Arron Delphine Combe Sylviane Félix Frédérique Bangué</td></tr><tr><td>1999 Seville</td><td> Bahamas (BAH) Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis</td><td> France (FRA) Patricia Girard Muriel Hurtis Katia Benth Christine Arron Fabé Dia</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Aleen Bailey Merlene Frazer, Beverly McDonald Peta-Gaye Dowdie</td></tr><tr><td>2001 Edmontondq1</td><td> Germany (GER) Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Marion Wagner</td><td> France (FRA) Sylviane Félix Frédérique Bangué Muriel Hurtis Odiah Sidibé</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Juliet Campbell Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Astia Walker Elva Goulbourne</td></tr><tr><td>2003 Saint-Denis</td><td> France (FRA) Patricia Girard-Léno Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron</td><td> United States (USA) Angela Williams Chryste Gaines Inger Miller Torri Edwards Lauryn Williams</td><td> Russia (RUS) Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Marina Kislova Larisa Kruglova</td></tr><tr><td>2005 Helsinki</td><td> United States (USA) Angela Daigle Muna Lee Me'Lisa Barber Lauryn Williams</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Danielle Browning Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald</td><td> Belarus (BLR) Yulia Nestsiarenka Natallia Solohub Alena Newmyarzhytskaya Aksana Drahun</td></tr><tr><td>2007 Osaka</td><td> United States (USA) Lauryn Williams Allyson Felix Mikele Barber Torri Edwards Carmelita Jeter Mechelle Lewis</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Sheri-Ann Brooks Kerron Stewart Simone Facey Veronica Campbell Shelly-Ann Fraser</td><td> Belgium (BEL) Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert</td></tr><tr><td>2009 Berlin</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Simone Facey Shelly-Ann Fraser Aleen Bailey Kerron Stewart</td><td> Bahamas (BAH) Sheniqua Ferguson Chandra Sturrup Christine Amertil Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie</td><td> Germany (GER) Marion Wagner Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Verena Sailer</td></tr><tr><td>2011 Daegu</td><td> United States (USA) Bianca Knight Allyson Felix Marshevet Myers Carmelita Jeter Shalonda Solomon Alexandria Anderson</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Jura Levy</td><td> Ukraine (UKR) Olesya Povh Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen Hrystyna Stuy</td></tr><tr><td>2013 Moscow</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Carrie Russell Kerron Stewart Schillonie Calvert Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sheri-Ann Brooks</td><td> United States (USA) Jeneba Tarmoh Alexandria Anderson English Gardner Octavious Freeman</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Dina Asher-Smith Ashleigh Nelson Annabelle Lewis Hayley Jones</td></tr><tr><td>2015 Beijing</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart</td><td> United States (USA) English Gardner Allyson Felix Jenna Prandini Jasmine Todd</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Kelly-Ann Baptiste Michelle-Lee Ahye Reyare Thomas Semoy Hackett Khalifa St. Fort</td></tr><tr><td>2017 London</td><td> United States (USA) Aaliyah Brown Allyson Felix Morolake Akinosun Tori Bowie Ariana Washington</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Asha Philip Desirèe Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Jura Levy Natasha Morrison Simone Facey Sashalee Forbes Christania Williams</td></tr><tr><td>2019 Doha</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Natalliah Whyte Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jonielle Smith Shericka Jackson Natasha Morrison</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Asha Philip Dina Asher-Smith Ashleigh Nelson Daryll Neita Imani-Lara Lansiquot</td><td> United States (USA) Dezerea Bryant Teahna Daniels Morolake Akinosun Kiara Parker</td></tr><tr><td>2022 Eugene</td><td> United States (USA) Melissa Jefferson Abby Steiner Jenna Prandini Twanisha Terry Aleia Hobbs</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Kemba Nelson Elaine Thompson-Herah Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson Briana Williams Natalliah Whyte Remona Burchell</td><td> Germany (GER) Tatjana Pinto Alexandra Burghardt Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase</td></tr><tr><td>2023 Budapest</td><td> United States (USA) Tamari Davis Twanisha Terry Gabby Thomas Sha'Carri Richardson Tamara Clark Melissa Jefferson</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Natasha Morrison Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shashalee Forbes Shericka Jackson Briana Williams Elaine Thompson-Herah</td><td> Great Britain (GBR) Asha Philip Imani-Lara Lansiquot Bianca Williams Daryll Neita Annie Tagoe</td></tr><tr><td>2025 Tokyo</td><td> United States (USA) Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Twanisha Terry Kayla White Sha'Carri Richardson Jacious Sears</td><td> Jamaica (JAM) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Tia Clayton Tina Clayton Jonielle Smith Jodean Williams</td><td> Germany (GER) Sina Mayer Rebekka Haase Sophia Junk Gina Lückenkemper</td></tr></tbody></table>

Note Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.

• dq1 The United States team of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 41.71 seconds, but were disqualified after Jones and White were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.

Season's Bests

Men

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Time</th><th>Team</th><th>Athletes</th><th>Place</th><th>Event</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2025</td><td>37.29</td><td>United States</td><td>Christian Coleman, Kenneth Bednarek, Courtney Lindsey, Noah Lyles</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>2025 World Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>37.40</td><td>United States</td><td>Courtney Lindsey, Kenneth Bednarek, Kyree King, Noah Lyles</td><td>Nassau</td><td>2024 World Athletics Relays</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>37.38</td><td>United States</td><td>Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles</td><td>Budapest</td><td>2023 World Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>37.48</td><td>Canada</td><td>Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse</td><td>Eugene</td><td>2022 World Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>37.50</td><td>Italy</td><td>Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>2020 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>38.56</td><td>Sprintec Lions</td><td>Andrew Fisher, Everton Clarke, Romario Williams, Demish Gaye</td><td>Spanish Town</td><td>2020 Milo Western Relays</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>37.10</td><td>United States</td><td>Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles</td><td>Doha</td><td>2019 World Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>37.61</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake</td><td>London</td><td>2018 London Müller Anniversary Games</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>37.47</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>Chijindu Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake</td><td>London</td><td>2017 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>37.27</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt</td><td>Rio de Janeiro</td><td>2016 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>37.36</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt</td><td>Beijing</td><td>2015 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>37.58</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt</td><td>Glasgow</td><td>2014 Commonwealth Games</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>37.36</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt</td><td>Moscow</td><td>2013 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>36.84</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt</td><td>London</td><td>2012 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>37.04</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt</td><td>Daegu</td><td>2011 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>37.45</td><td>United States</td><td>Trell Kimmons, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers</td><td>Zurich</td><td>2010 Weltklasse Zürich</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>37.31</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt</td><td>Berlin</td><td>2009 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>37.80</td><td>United States Red</td><td>Rodney Martin, Travis Padgett, Shawn Crawford, Darvis Patton</td><td>London</td><td>2008 London Grand Prix</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>37.78</td><td>United States</td><td>Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon</td><td>Osaka</td><td>2007 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>37.59</td><td>United States</td><td>Kaaron Conwright, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Jason Smoots</td><td>Athens</td><td>2006 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>38.08</td><td>France</td><td>Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine, Lueyi Dovy</td><td>Helsinki</td><td>2005 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>37.92</td><td>United States I</td><td>Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin, Coby Miller, Maurice Greene</td><td>Munich</td><td>Athletics Team Challenge</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>37.77</td><td>United States I</td><td>Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Darvis Patton, Maurice Greene</td><td>Berlin</td><td>2003 ISTAF Berlin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>37.95</td><td>United States</td><td>Jon Drummond, Jason Smoots, Kaaron Conwright, Coby Miller</td><td>Madrid</td><td>2002 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>37.88</td><td>Hudson Smith International</td><td>Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Curtis Johnson, Maurice Greene</td><td>Austin</td><td>2001 Texas Relays</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>37.61</td><td>United States</td><td>Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene</td><td>Sydney</td><td>2000 Summer Olympics</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>37.59</td><td>United States</td><td>Jon Drummond, Tim Montgomery, Bernard Williams, Maurice Greene</td><td>Seville</td><td>1999 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>38.04</td><td>Texas Christian University</td><td>Bryan Howard, Jarmiene Holloway, Syan Williams, Percival Spencer</td><td>Buffalo</td><td>1998 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>37.86</td><td>Canada</td><td>Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey</td><td>Athens</td><td>1997 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>37.69</td><td>Canada</td><td>Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>1996 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>38.16</td><td>Canada</td><td>Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey</td><td>Gothenburg</td><td>1995 IAAF World Championships (Semifinal)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>37.79</td><td>Santa Monica Track Club</td><td>Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis</td><td>Walnut</td><td>1994 Mt. SAC Relays</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>37.40</td><td>United States</td><td>Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell</td><td>Stuttgart</td><td>1993 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>37.40</td><td>United States</td><td>Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>1992 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>37.50</td><td>United States</td><td>Andre Cason, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>1991 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>37.79</td><td>France</td><td>Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose</td><td>Split</td><td>1990 European Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>38.23 A</td><td>Texas Christian University</td><td>Horatio Porter, Andrew Smith, Greg Sholars, Raymond Stewart</td><td>Provo</td><td>1989 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>38.19</td><td>Soviet Union</td><td>Viktor Bryzhin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, Vitaliy Savin</td><td>Seoul</td><td>1988 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>37.90</td><td>United States</td><td>Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis</td><td>Rome</td><td>1987 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>37.98</td><td>United States</td><td>Lee McRae, Floyd Heard, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis</td><td>Moscow</td><td>1986 Goodwill Games</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>38.10</td><td>United States</td><td>Harvey Glance, Kirk Baptiste, Calvin Smith, Dwayne Evans</td><td>Canberra</td><td>1985 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>37.83</td><td>United States</td><td>Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis</td><td>Los Angeles</td><td>1984 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>37.86</td><td>United States</td><td>Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis</td><td>Helsinki</td><td>1983 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>38.13</td><td>United States</td><td>Mel Lattany, Stanley Floyd, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis</td><td>Zurich</td><td>1982 Weltklasse Zürich</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>38.66</td><td>Poland</td><td>Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin</td><td>Zagreb</td><td>1981 European Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>38.26</td><td>Soviet Union</td><td>Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Andrey Prokofyev, Aleksandr Aksinin</td><td>Moscow</td><td>1980 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>38.30 A</td><td>South Team</td><td>Mike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Bill Collins, Mel Lattany</td><td>Colorado Springs</td><td>1979 U.S. Olympic Festival</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>38.55</td><td>Tobias Striders</td><td>Guy Abrahams, Michael Simmons, Don Quarrie, James Gilkes</td><td>Tempe</td><td>1978 Sun Devil Classic</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>38.03</td><td>United States</td><td>Bill Collins, Steve Riddick, Cliff Wiley, Steve Williams</td><td>Düsseldorf</td><td>1977 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>38.33</td><td>United States</td><td>Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick</td><td>Montreal</td><td>1976 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>38.31 A</td><td>United States</td><td>Clancy Edwards, Larry Brown, Donald Merrick, Bill Collins</td><td>Mexico City</td><td>1975 Pan American Games</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>38.69</td><td>France</td><td>Lucien Sainte-Rose, Joseph Arame, Bruno Cherrier, Dominique Chauvelot</td><td>Rome</td><td>1974 European Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>38.8</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Eberhard Weise, Michael Droese, Hans-Jürgen Bombach, Siegfried Schenke</td><td>East Berlin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>38.19</td><td>United States</td><td>Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart</td><td>Munich</td><td>1972 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Women

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Time</th><th>Team</th><th>Athletes</th><th>Place</th><th>Event</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2025</td><td>41.60</td><td>United States</td><td>Jacious Sears, Twanisha Terry, Kayla White, Sha'Carri Richardson</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>2025 World Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>41.55</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt, Daryll Neita</td><td>London</td><td>2024 London Athletics Meet</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>41.03</td><td>United States</td><td>Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson</td><td>Budapest</td><td>2023 World Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>41.14</td><td>United States</td><td>Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry</td><td>Eugene</td><td>2022 World Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>41.02</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>2020 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>43.47</td><td>Sprintec</td><td>Shashalee Forbes, Natasha Morrison, Anastasia Natalie Le-Roy, Ronda Whyte</td><td>Kingston</td><td>2020 Gibson McCook Relays</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>41.44</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Natalliah Whyte, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith, Shericka Jackson</td><td>Doha</td><td>2019 World Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>41.88</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>Asha Philip, Bianca Williams, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith</td><td>Berlin</td><td>2018 European Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>41.82</td><td>United States</td><td>Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie</td><td>London</td><td>2017 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>41.01</td><td>United States</td><td>Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner, Tori Bowie</td><td>Rio de Janeiro</td><td>2016 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>41.07</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce</td><td>Beijing</td><td>2015 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>41.83</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce</td><td>Glasgow</td><td>2014 Commonwealth Games</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>41.29</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce</td><td>Moscow</td><td>2013 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>40.82</td><td>United States</td><td>Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter</td><td>London</td><td>2012 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>41.56</td><td>United States</td><td>Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter</td><td>Daegu</td><td>2011 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>42.29</td><td>Ukraine</td><td>Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzgina</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>2010 European Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>41.58</td><td>United States</td><td>Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Muna Lee, Carmelita Jeter</td><td>Cottbus</td><td>2009 International Lausitzer Leichtathletik Meeting</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>42.24</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell-Brown</td><td>Beijing</td><td>2008 Summer Olympics (Heat 2)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>41.98</td><td>United States</td><td>Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Mikele Barber, Torri Edwards</td><td>Osaka</td><td>2007 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>42.26</td><td>Americas</td><td>Aleen Bailey, Debbie Ferguson, Cydonie Mothersille, Sherone Simpson</td><td>Athens</td><td>2006 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>41.78</td><td>United States</td><td>Angela Daigle, Muna Lee, Me'Lisa Barber, Lauryn Williams</td><td>Helsinki</td><td>2005 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>41.73</td><td>Jamaica</td><td>Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell</td><td>Athens</td><td>2004 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>41.78</td><td>France</td><td>Patricia Girard-Léno, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron</td><td>Paris</td><td>2003 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>41.91</td><td>Americas</td><td>Tayna Lawrence, Juliet Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Debbie Ferguson</td><td>Madrid</td><td>2002 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>42.32</td><td>Germany</td><td>Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner</td><td>Edmonton</td><td>2001 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>41.95</td><td>Bahamas</td><td>Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson</td><td>Sydney</td><td>2000 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>41.92</td><td>Bahamas</td><td>Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson</td><td>Seville</td><td>1999 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>42.00 A</td><td>United States</td><td>Cheryl Taplin, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, Carlette Guidry-White</td><td>Johannesburg</td><td>1998 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>41.47</td><td>United States</td><td>Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers</td><td>Athens</td><td>1997 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>41.95</td><td>United States</td><td>Chryste Gaines, Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Gwen Torrence</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>1996 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>42.12</td><td>United States</td><td>Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry-White, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence</td><td>Gothenburg</td><td>1995 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>42.45</td><td>United States</td><td>Chryste Gaines, Carlette Guidry, Cheryl Taplin, Dannette Young</td><td>Durham</td><td>1994 Pan Africa-USA International</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>41.49</td><td>Russia</td><td>Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova</td><td>Stuttgart</td><td>1993 IAAF World Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>42.11</td><td>United States</td><td>Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry, Gwen Torrence</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>1992 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>41.91</td><td>Germany</td><td>Grit Breuer, Katrin Krabbe, Sabine Richter, Heike Drechsler</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>1991 IAAF World Championships (Heat 2)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>41.68</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe, Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther</td><td>Split</td><td>1990 European Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>41.68</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe, Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther</td><td>Gateshead</td><td>1989 European Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>41.73</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Silke Möller, Kerstin Behrendt, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr</td><td>East Berlin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>41.55</td><td>United States</td><td>Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Pam Marshall</td><td>West Berlin</td><td>1987 ISTAF Berlin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>41.84</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr</td><td>Stuttgart</td><td>1986 European Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>41.37</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr</td><td>Canberra</td><td>1985 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>41.65</td><td>United States</td><td>Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough, Evelyn Ashford</td><td>Los Angeles</td><td>1984 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>41.53</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr</td><td>East Berlin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>41.97</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Gesine Walther, Bärbel Wöckel, Bärbel Schölzel, Marlies Göhr</td><td>Potsdam</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>42.22</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Kirsten Siemon, Bärbel Wöckel, Gesine Walther, Marlies Göhr</td><td>Rome</td><td>1981 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>41.60</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr</td><td>Moscow</td><td>1980 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>42.09</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr</td><td>Turin</td><td>1979 European Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>42.27</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr</td><td>Potsdam</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>42.51</td><td>Europe</td><td>Elvira Possekel, Andrea Lynch, Annegret Richter, Sonia Lannaman</td><td>Düsseldorf</td><td>1977 IAAF World Cup</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>42.50</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Martina Blos</td><td>Karl-Marx-Stadt</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>42.74</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Doris Maletzki, Monika Hamann, Sybille Priebsch, Renate Stecher</td><td>Sofia</td><td>1975 European Cup (Semifinal)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>42.51</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Bärbel Eckert</td><td>Rome</td><td>1974 European Athletics Championships</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>42.6 h</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Petra Kandarr, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Doris Selmigkeit</td><td>Potsdam</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>42.81</td><td>West Germany</td><td>Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler-Becker, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl</td><td>Munich</td><td>1972 Summer Olympics</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>